Commissioner O'Rielly Remarks Before the Philadelphia Federalist Society

I would like to explore three rather divergent policy issues, unified by my views on what I see as being in the best interests of American consumers.

1. Regulatory Free Arena: [T]he app economy is stealing consumers by the millions, eviscerating operating and profit margins, attracting the best and brightest employees, and setting the entire marketplace on its head. In my view, the only logical take-away from this information is to either support greater deregulation of Federal Communications Commission regulatees that must compete with these services or advocate for new Congressional powers to regulate these services, which would seem futile and unnecessary in a thriving market. 
2. Net Neutrality: [B]ecause the FCC order restored a light-touch approach through deregulation, any action by states to increase regulatory burdens on broadband providers would run directly counter to our efforts. State efforts to enact net neutrality rules are legally flawed and would impose substantial and unnecessary compliance burdens on providers. The rules and the costs they impose could chill innovation and curtail the broadband deployment we’ve all been working so hard to promote.
3. 9-1-1 Fee Diversion: With the responsibility for funding and operating 9-1-1 chiefly being a state-level responsibility, a concerted effort is going to be required against recalcitrant states and territories. For now, naming and shaming is one of my best tools against this practice but I could certainly use more voices in utilizing this to its fullest potential.